Review a session

Work through your due Queue, grading each Item and acting on each Topic.

Before you begin

You need at least one Item or Topic due. If nothing is due, the session opens straight to the empty screen.
A review session interleaves recall (Items) and reading (Topics). They use different controls, covered separately below. For the why, see The review queue.

Steps

Start the session. In the left sidebar, select Review (or press 4). Alternatively, on the Dashboard select Begin review. The session starts automatically and loads the first element.
Reveal an Item. When a flashcard appears, the prompt reads Press Space to reveal. Press Space to show the answer. You can also press Enter or click the card.
Grade the Item. Under How well did you recall?, choose 1 Again, 2 Hard, 3 Good, or 4 Easy. Press the digit 1–4, or use the home-row keys H (Again), J (Hard), K (Good), L (Easy). Each button previews the next interval (for example, 10m, 1d, 2mo). Grading advances to the next element.

A revealed Item with the How well did you recall? prompt and the four rating buttons, each previewing its next interval.

4. Act on a Topic. When reading material appears, there is no reveal step. Choose one of four actions: **Read** (R) to read and schedule the next review, **Extracted** (E) when you made Extracts, **Skip** (S) to come back sooner, or **Done** (D) to dismiss the Topic while keeping its Extracts and Cards. The recommended action is highlighted. 5. Continue until the Queue is empty. Repeat revealing and grading Items, and acting on Topics, as the session interleaves them.

Undo a mistaken grade

Press U to undo your last Item grade. This restores the Card’s scheduling state and rolls back the session stats.

Reschedule the current element

To push the current Item or Topic to a later date instead of grading it, press P to open the Reschedule dialog. Pick a quick option — Tomorrow, +3 days, +1 week, or +1 month — or choose a date, then select Save. The element moves to the chosen due date and the Queue advances.

Result

You grade each Item and act on each Topic in turn. When the Queue is empty, the session summary appears with a Return to dashboard button. Press Esc at any time to end the session early.